Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Barrettstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrettstown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49606, -7.23902
- SMR number
- KK031-050----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Low-lying area on margin of wet ground to W and S, overgrown with larches. It is adjacent on the W side to the townland boundary and lies c. 550m SE of Danganbeg Castle (KK031-007----). Referred to by O'Kelly (1969, 169) as a 'moat' in the 'moat field' and locally known as 'the rath'. A rectangular, almost square area (max. dims. 23m E-W; 18.5m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5-1.5m) and a wide deep waterlogged flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at top 5m; Wth at base 2.6m; D 0.9m), except on the S side where the fosse has been infilled.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 April 2023
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.